Waterspout in Puerto Rico
Every waterspout event the National Weather Service has filed in Puerto Rico, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
The most significant on the map
The most significant waterspout episodes in Puerto Rico.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 66
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, January 29, 1996AN OUTBREAK OF WATERSPOUTS, A TOTAL OF 12 TO 15, WAS OBSERVED BY THE U.S. COAST GUARD OFFICIALS ALONG THE NORTH COAST OF PUERTO RICO.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, April 3, 1996A PILOT REPORTED A WATERSPOUT TWO MILES NORTHEAST OF LUQUILLO IN NORTHEAST PUERTO RICO.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, December 31, 1996A pilot reported a waterspout 15-18 miles west of Vieques moving west.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, September 4, 1996Two waterspouts were reported north of Culebra moving northwest.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 3, 1996A pilot reported several waterspouts three miles east southeast of Culebra.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 4, 1996Several waterspouts were reported 5 miles northeast of Culebra. Movement was west northwest.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, December 10, 1996A pilot reported a waterspout two miles east of the Fajardo lighthouse.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, February 20, 1996A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED BY A PILOT ONE AND A HALF MILES WEST OF CULEBRA, PUERTO RICO.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, February 23, 1996A WATERSPOUT WAS OBSERVED NORTHEAST OF ROOSEVELT ROADS NAVAL BASE IN NORTHEAST PUERTO RICO.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, February 25, 1996A WATERSPOUT WAS SIGHTED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CULEBRA.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, September 15, 1996A pilot reported a waterspout 6 miles northwest of San Juan.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, August 6, 1996A pilot reported a waterspout 3 miles south of Culebra.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, November 10, 1996A pilot reported two waterspouts 13 miles east of San Juan moving to the northwest.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 29, 1996Civil Defense reported a waterspout in the Catano vicinity, and over San Juan Bay.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, November 1, 1996A mariner reported a waterspout just east of Fajardo.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, September 3, 1996A FEMA meteorologist in Miramar called the NWSFO with a report of a funnel cloud over San Juan at 1420 AST. The funnel cloud was visible from the NWSFO location at Carolina.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, September 3, 1996A waterspout was reported near Ceiba's east coast.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, March 14, 1996A WATERSPOUT WAS OBSERVED ONE MILE EAST OF CULEBRA, PUERTO RICO.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, March 30, 1996AN OBSERVER AT BORINQUEN UNICOM PORT AUTHORITY IN AGUADILLA REPOTED A WATERSPOUT APROXIMATELY 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BORINQUEN AIR FIELD. THE MOVEMENT WAS NORTH-NORTHWEST AT AN UNDETERMINED SPEED.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 4, 1996Observers from the Roosevelt Roads Naval Base reported two waterspouts just south of Naguabo area.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 5, 1996A large waterspout was reported by the Luis Munoz Marin Air Traffic Control Tower personnel seven miles northeast of the airport.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, October 17, 1996A waterspout was reported one and a half mile southeast of Culebra.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, July 17, 1996A waterspout was reported in the vicinity of Culebra.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, July 30, 1997A pilot reported a waterspout 7 miles southwest of Culebra.
- Waterspout in Puerto Rico, May 3, 1997An observer reported multiple waterspouts just north of Culebra.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.